Trails And Rails 1930-1939

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Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd. Documentary about building railways in West Africa.

Map of Africa. Footage of African people playing indigenous musical instruments and performing traditional dances. A large group of "slaves" dig in synchronicity with a "conductor" indicating when...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
70617
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:50:26:00 / 02:01:09:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1399.09
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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Afrique(s) 3 Temporary workspace: 12.4.2010 17:55 Railways travelogues Railways story of Pathe ep 4 Johannesburg 1920s/30s Temporary Workspaces: 3.10.2011 20:01 South Africa Empires of Trade - Tobacco and Sugar ARK RIVERS

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  • "mealies" at the end of Para 2 IS the correct word, it refers to corn or maize.

    "Silverporto" should read Silva Porto (an Angolan town now known as Kuito).

    Final line - its Kwango River, not Kwando. (Kwando also needs changing on Line 6 of third Para).

    jamied 16th Mar 2012
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  • Thanks for these - can anyone confirm the spelling of "Koemba".

    British Pathé 11th May 2012
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